”He lithium It’s bad and good at the same time” says Anahí Jorge, who works in a company that extracts the metal and, at 23 years old, earns a salary that is four times that of a municipal employee in her town, Susques, in the Argentine province of Jujuy. “The water issue is detrimental to […]
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More ‘white gold’: Minem announces two new projects in Peru’s “lithium belt”
The Deputy Minister of Mines of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem), Henry Luna, announced that there are currently two lithium projects in Peru that are processing their permits to begin the exploration phase. These statements were made for Diálogos Mineros, a program of the Institute of Mining Engineers of Peru (IIMP), in the […]
Chile accelerates in the race for lithium and explores new salt flats
It is night in the Atacama Desert, the driest in the world, and a drill is extracting brine in the Aguilar salt flat to evaluate the concentration of lithiuma key metal in the energy transition but whose production involves environmental risks. Chile accelerates to regain leadership in the lithium. But the large-scale exploitation of this […]
They propose a derivative of castor oil as a non-polluting binder in lithium batteries
A team of scientists in Austria has developed a battery of lithium which uses a derivative of castor oil as a binder that, they claim, reduces the probability of failures and the production of toxic waste. Batteries of this type typically use polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) as the binder that holds the electrode materials together, preventing […]
Chile’s mining production increases 4.7% in March, driven by copper and lithium
Chile’s mining production increased 4.7% in March compared to the same month of the previous year, thanks to greater production of copper and lithium, the National Institute of Statistics (INE) reported on Tuesday. Chile is the world’s second largest producer of lithium behind Australia, and the largest producer of copper, with almost a quarter of […]
Chile hopes to develop up to five new lithium projects in two years
The government of leftist Gabriel Boric announced on Monday that it expects between three and five new construction projects to be developed in the next two years. lithium exploitationwithin the framework of the public-private strategy that seeks to double the current production of the mineral in the next decade. Chile, the world’s second largest producer […]
Chile’s mining production increases 7.7% thanks to copper and lithium
The mining production of Chili increased 7.7% last February compared to the same month in 2023, thanks to greater activity, especially in the copper and lithium sectors, the National Statistics Institute (INE). Metallic mining grew by 5.5% “due to an increase in the extraction and processing of copper,” said the INE it’s a statement. With […]
Bolivia seeks lithium industrialization in seven of its salt flats and launches a call
The Government of Bolivia launched this Friday a second international call for the use of evaporite resources, lithium and other minerals, in seven of its salt flats and to attract projects through direct lithium extraction (EDL) technology. The Research, Engineering and Projects Manager of YLB, Salvador Beltrán, explained that the call is not directed only […]
Chile: Atacameño Peoples council questions Codelco-SQM alliance to exploit lithium
The Council of Atacameños Peoples (CPA) in Chiliwhich brings together 18 communities from the Atacama Indigenous Development Area, in the Antofagasta Region, called this Thursday to “not repeat the mistakes of the past and subject any agreement to the highest international standards regarding indigenous participation and consultation” by questioning the alliance between the state giant […]
Bolivia signs agreement with Russian state for US$ 450 million to exploit lithium
Boliviaone of the countries with the largest reserves of lithium in the world, announced this Wednesday an agreement for US$ 450 million with the Russian state-owned Uranium One Group for the exploitation of this key mineral in the transition to clean energies. The agreement provides for the installation of a pilot plant for the extraction […]